I am Karen, I Iive near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and RN. I love to spend time with my family and friends, go for coffee, hike, snowshoe, travel, decorate my house, play scrabble... but just for me, I run.I started running on June 4, 1997 and since that date I have participated in 6 marathons, about 15 half marathons, and numerous 5 and 10 k's. I am always trying to challenge myself with running and on October 18, 2011 I thought that I should see how many days in a row I could run... that journey continues and so I decided to blog about it.
Road trip with my daughter!! We went on some beautiful runs together… One of my favs was along the lake in Sandpoint, Idaho
I had an amazing stay at the Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta. Perfect for running, hiking, and just enjoying the beautiful surroundings. The Plain of Six Glaciers hike to the tea house had the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted … and that’s saying a lot! The view was not bad either… Must warn the snow was a pretty deep at parts!
What next…
Had a bit of a downpour in the desert today - so nice to run in! I often find it hard to go out and run when it is already raining but it is so perfect when it starts to rain midway through a run, just a little spritzer from God.
Now as I sit to blog, it is perfectly sunny and warm. I could not have planned it better. On my mini vaca in the Phoenix area I have spent some time contemplating life… Not too heavily, mainly a reflection on the book The Happiness Project. Too often I don’t take time for this sort of thing but I guess the fact that I quit my job in February, I do have some extra time!
One of the guys we are here with also “quit” his job. Or more accurately, took a really early retirement. So we have been chatting about what that looks like (especially while our significant others continue to work).
While I don’t have the answer today, I will continue my thought about becoming a fitness instructor before I get too old and have to teach ‘sit to be fit’. I really believe fitness is not something a person should fit into their spare time. It needs to be a priority in everyone’s day and fitness is guaranteed to improve ones quality of life. This can be said of few things.
I know I am preaching to the choir here…
Beautiful Arizona (with a few hidden treasures that I will be sure to blog about)
Running along the harbor in Oslo, Norway. Beautiful!
The pathway between the villages in Norway.
Scattered cottages along the countryside of Norway.
